Rivers are the arteries of our planet and the birthplaces of our civilization.Yet how do we treat them? With the "Danube River Project," German artist Andreas Müller-Pohle focused on Europe's most important river, which he portrayed above and below the water line, using photography, video and sound recording complemented by scientific analyses of water samples taken from the river. After completion of the Danube project, he expanded his original approach to the Asian mega-metropolis Hong Kong, a genuine city of water with more than 700 kilometers of coastline and countless water spots of all kinds. "Hong Kong Waters" became his second large water project, comprising photography, video and sound, and celebrated its premiere at Hong Kong Arts Centre in April 2011. A third project is now being conceived to portray a non-European, non-Asian island, and you, friends and visitors of this site, are welcome to make suggestions. The metaphorical shape of the water trilogy is thus: from a river (a line) to an urban area (a square) to an island (a circle).

> Hong Kong Waters as part of the "Map of Daily Life" exhibit at Lishui Photography Festival 2015, shown at the Lishui Art Museum and afterwards at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum. Curator: Sujong Song

> Hong Kong Waters at Noorderlicht: 10 images are included in the central exhibition Metropolis  City Life in the Urban Age at Noorderlicht Photo Festival in Groningen, Netherlands, 11 September  9 October 2011. Online catalog here

> Sea level rise in Hong Kong: “56 years of tide gauge records in the Victoria Harbour since 1954 demonstrate an unambiguous rise of the mean sea level during this period. There was a rapid rise of the sea level from 1990 to 1999 and a moderate decline thereafter. The trend is similar to that observed by satellite remote sensing over the South China Sea since the early 1990s and also tide gauge records at other coastal stations in the region. On average, the mean sea level in the Victoria Harbour has risen at a rate of 2.6 mm per year during the period 1954 to 2010.”

> Japanese sound artist Shingo Inao joined Hong Kong Waters to cooperate on this multimedia project, creating a water soundscape of Hong Kong that will accompany the photographic part of the installation

> Prof. Dr. Paul J. Crutzen, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1995, supports the Hong Kong Waters project: “I have admired the photographs of Hong Kong by Mr. Müller-Pohle with great interest. I can highly recommend these pictures from a part of the world which is witnessing the greatest human activity.”

> On view in Athens at Esplanade Building, Faliron Olympic Complex: The Danube River Project, in the framework of Athens Photo Festival, till 6 December, 2009